The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


About 800, 900 worth of improve
ments will be made on school buildings
In Washington, D. c.
The Orphan Girls Industrial School
at Wheelock, Ind. T., contains fifty-nine
bright Indian girls. Twenty Of them
are church members.
The Evangelical Lutheran General
Council has taken measures toward
adopting the American Board Of Mis-
sians plan of r,lising funds for and car
rying on missionary work.-N Y. Wit
ness.
India has thirty-six missionary so-
cieties of all Christian denominations.
There are 791 missionaries and $50 or
dained native ministers. Converts,
449,755. A gain, since 1881, of 1873 mis-
sionaries and S2,3S3 native Christians.
President Ewell, of the College Of
William and Mary, claims that the
earliest chair of law at any American
seat of learning was established at his
college in 1879, thirty-six years before
that of Harvard. d.-Baltimore Anaerican.
Mr.. George Williams, of London.
the originator of the Y. M. c. Associa-
tons of the world, suggests that each
of the three thousand should have con-
nected with it a foreign missionary
society, to become center OF organ
] lied systematic effort, having for its
motto, "The World for Christ"
"A Buddhist temple near Osaka,
Japan, has been opened several times
to the missionaries, with the priest him.
self in the audience, for Christian SER
vices. The son of Shinto priest. in
the same society, applies for baptism.
There is a growing feeling among them
that Buddhism is doomed.
Rev. DR.. Leonard Woolsey Bacon,
who was not admitted to the Presbytery
of Philadelphia, has been called to the
pastorate of the Independent Presby-
terian Church of Savannah, Ga. This
is one of the largest and strongest
churches in the South Chicago Jour
nal.
THE Illinois Wesleyan University.
at Bloomington; has department Of
non-residents, matriculants in which
follow prescribed courses of study. up
on which examinations are set, and re-
ceive proper degree on completion OF
their work. The Department is model
ed after the operations of the London
University, and like it, offers oppor-
tunity for doing systematic study to
professional and other people, who are
lebarred from residence at the seat of
Chicago Tribune.
The order abolishing salaried choirs
and prohibiting Protestants from sing
ing in choirs of all the Catholic
churches of this diocese, emanated en-
tirely from the Bishop. It is believed
: that he was led to issue the order be-
cause of the practice in some churches
of using opera airs. This, it is thought.
distracts the minds of the congrega-
ton from divine worship by recalling
the scenes of the theater. The lack o1
| reverence on the part of Protestant
} singers during the service is also
thought to have had its influence
Detroit Tribune.
The advantage of small gifts from
, a large number of persons was aptlJ
illustrated not long since by two Swed
} ish churches that gave forty dollars to
ward paying for a house of worship fol
Swedish Missionary Church in Mime
/ sofa. The contributions were from
two thousand persons. Only six coin
5 in the collection boxes equaled twenty
five cents in value, and over one thou
sand five hundred pieces were pennies
An American congregation, appealed
to for the same object, gave one hun
dred and ten, but it all came from
eighteen persons. Who can doub
5 which is the true principle for churcl
beneyolence? e?-Chicdoo Interior,